HAWAII’S Kilauea volcano erupted again on Tuesday as two new fissures opened up, spewing even more lava into the Puna communities. Here are the latest staggering pictures and maps of the lava flow and newest fissures.

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Shocking pictures from Hawaii’s Big Island show red-hot rivers of lava destroying acres of woodland and homes, with the molten liquid engulfing buildings and even cars in its path.

In some images, steam is seen rising from cracks in streets in the Leilani Estates Subdivision.

While aerial images show lava engulfing huge swathes of the residential area of Big Island and grey smoke billowing up from the molten lava.

The Hawaii Civil Defense said 35 structures including at least 26 homes have been destroyed by lava flows.

The huge fissures and toxic gas vents have also been photographed by NASA’s Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) on board the Terra satellite, showing stunning images of the deadly eruption.

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Hawaii volcano pictures: This lava flow map shows where fissures have opened up

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Hawaii volcano pictures: Lava has spread into multiple neighbourhoods

In one false-colour picture, the deep red colours represent the lush vegetations sprawling the tropical island.

The dark grey and black areas were coloured in to represent old lava flows from the volatile volcano.

The few dots of yellow interspersed around the hazardous area show the volcanic hot spots registered by ASTER’s thermal infrared instruments.

The hot spots are the newly formed fissures which split the ground open and have so far damaged more than 35 buildings in the Leilani Subdivisions, Puna District.

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Hawaii volcano pictures: The crater has spewed red hot lava

Kilauea has opened a total of 14 volcanic vents since it started sending out fountains and rivers of lava as hot as 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,093 degrees Celsius) on Thursday, officials said.

The volcano has been erupting since 1983, but Kilauea predominantly pours basaltic lava flows into the ocean.

However, the volcano occasionally experiences more explosive events such as the one that began on Thursday - followed by a second explosive eruption on Tuesday.

Some 2,000 residents have been ordered to leave their homes as lava bubbles out of some 2 miles of fissures in the ground.